January Broadcasts by Day of the Month
40 broadcasts
New Year's War News
Broadcast Date: January 1, 1941
Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden
Arden looks back at the year 1940. He analyzes the war between England and Germany as an ideological battle.
Length: 15:13
Program Producer: KFWB
The Story of the Armed Forces Radio Service
Broadcast Date: January 1, 1953
Speaker(s): Jack Benny and Others
Length: 30:01
Program Producer: AFRS
The Year 1939 in Review
Broadcast Date: January 1, 1940
The voices and events of 1939 from WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Length: 58:28
Program Producer: WOR / Mutual Broadcasting System
A Review of the Year 1941
Broadcast Date: January 1, 1942
Series: The March of Time
A review of the events of the past year, told with the program's usual rhetoric, i.e.: "Every continent on earth lay on the scales of destiny!" The voice impersonations of Roosevelt and Churchill are very well-done! The program features a dramatized portrayal of the recent events at Pearl Harbor, leading up to the Japanese attack. The system cue has been deleted. Sponsored by Time Magazine. The quality of this edition of The March of Time is not as good as most, but this is an important program in the series.
Length: 29:15
Program Producer: ABC Blue Network
The Atlantic Migration
Broadcast Date: January 2, 1946
Series: The Human Adventure
Speaker(s): MBS-1.jpg
The story of a mass movement of peoples, unparalleled in human history; the first great phase of the Atlantic migration. The program is produced in collaboration with The University Of Chicago.
Length: 28:55
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
The Year 1937 in Review
Broadcast Date: January 2, 1938
The voices and events of 1937 from WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Length: 30:19
Program Producer: WOR / Mutual Broadcasting System
CBS Looks Back at the News of 1955
Broadcast Date: January 2, 1956
Series: Years of Crisis
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow, many CBS Correspondents
This is a CBS News annual year-end review of International events and developments. Edward R. Murrow is the host. He is joined by many CBS Radio correspondents around the world.
Length: 53:21
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
New Year's Special
Broadcast Date: January 3, 1942
Series: The March of Time
Length: 27:24
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
The First Days of 1943
Broadcast Date: January 3, 1943
Series: World News Today
Recorded on WBBM, Chicago
Length: 24:09
Program Producer: CBS
The Fall of Seoul, Korea
Broadcast Date: January 5, 1951
Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Morrow and many others
The major stories of this week included the end of the 81st Congress and the fall of the city of Seoul, Korea.
Length: 59:54
Program Producer: CBS
20th-Century Nomads
Broadcast Date: January 5, 1960
Series: The Hidden Revolution
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow, host
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the CBS Public Affairs Department explored important social trends in US culture, like the increase in leisure time, the constant threat of nuclear war, and the American propensity for "moving on".
Length: 29:15
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
The Future of Aviation in Peace Time
Broadcast Date: January 6, 1946
Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)
NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II.
Length: 29:32
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
FDR's Four Freedoms Speech
Broadcast Date: January 6, 1941
Speaker(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941, in an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address). He proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Roosevelt delivered this speech 11 months before the surprise Japanese attack on U.S. forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that caused the United States to declare war on Japan,
Length: 37:48
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: January 6, 1938
Length: 29:37
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Manhunt in Manhattan
Broadcast Date: January 7, 1948
Series: The Big Story
Speaker(s): Bob Sloane (host)
The Big Story is the dramatized account of how a newspaper reporter solved a crime, exposed a corrupt political administration, smashed a racket, or performed some other notable public service. Today's story is from reporter Ted Prager.
Length: 29:36
Program Producer: NBC
Truman Press Conference
Broadcast Date: January 10, 1952
Length: 19:21
World News Roundup
Broadcast Date: January 10, 1978
Speaker(s): Dallas Townsend, Newscaster
Length: 11:30
Program Producer: CBS News
The Top News Stories of 1935
Broadcast Date: January 10, 1936
Series: Sunoco News
Speaker(s): Lowell Thomas, introduced by Basil (last name unknown)
News from the Sun Oil Company asks Lowell Thomas to pick the top news stories of 1935.Among his picks: the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, dust storms in the American Midwest, the development of a 200" telescope, the aviation deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, Captain Albert Stevens and Captain Orville Anderson riding 14 miles into the atmosphere on a balloon, and the development of painless dentistry.
Length: 5:57
Retreat in Korea
Broadcast Date: January 12, 1951
Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow and Voices in the News
Length: 59:29
Program Producer: CBS
The Struggle for Individual Betterment Through World Brotherhood (The United Nations)
Broadcast Date: January 13, 1946
Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)
NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II.
Length: 29:39
Program Producer: NBC
The Evolution of the Black Movement
Broadcast Date: January 14, 1969
Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): James Forman, Del Shields (host)
James Forman (1928-2005) was a prominent African-American leader in the civil rights movement. He was active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Black Panther Party, and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. As the executive secretary of SNCC from 1961 to 1966, Forman played a significant role in the freedom rides, the Albany movement, the Birmingham campaign, and the Selma to Montgomery marches.In 1968, Forman had just published the book, "Sammy Younge, Jr.". Younge was a civil rights and voting rights activist who was murdered in 1966 for trying to desegregate a "whites only" restroom. In this program the discussion focuses on the various Black movements and which may make progress in civil rights.
Length: 57:40
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
Radio in the American Sector, Berlin
Broadcast Date: January 15, 1953
Series: Operation Information
West Berlin was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. There was no specific date on which the sectors of Berlin occupied by the Western Allies became "West Berlin", but 1949 is widely accepted as the year in which the name was adopted.
Length: 29:49
Program Producer: Air Force Network
World News Tonight
Broadcast Date: January 16, 1975
Speaker(s): Douglas Edwards (anchor)
Length: 10:48
Program Producer: CBS
President Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Broadcast Date: January 17, 1961
Speaker(s): Dwight D. Eisenhower
This speech may be best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military-industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining. The speech also expressed concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending, the prospect of the domination of science through Federal funding and, conversely, the domination of science-based public policy by what he called a "scientific-technological elite".
Length: 16:05
Heavy Allied Air Activity
Broadcast Date: January 17, 1943
Series: CBS World News Today
Speaker(s): John Daly (anchor) and reporters around the world by shortwave
Length: 23:42
Program Producer: CBS
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: January 18, 1937
The March of Time is information and dramatized stories from the editors of Life Magazine and Time Magazine.
Length: 30:04
Program Producer: Time Magazine / CBS
Edward R. Murrow with the news
Broadcast Date: January 18, 1957
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
World News
Length: 14:26
Program Producer: CBS
U. S. Navy Ships Are Recommissioned
Broadcast Date: January 19, 1951
Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
For an unknown reason, this hour-long program cuts off about half-way through.
Length: 30:08
Program Producer: CBS
The Peace-Time Problems of Surplus War Property
Broadcast Date: January 20, 1946
Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)
NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II.
Length: 29:03
Program Producer: NBC
George VIII Abdicates the Throne
Broadcast Date: January 20, 1936
Speaker(s): King George VIII
After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson.
Length: 6:40
Program Producer: BBC
The Champion of the Living Law
Broadcast Date: January 23, 1946
Series: The Human Adventure
A drama / documentary about Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes from WGN, Chicago. The series is produced in collaboration with The University Of Chicago.
Length: 29:14
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
Muhammed Ali News Conference at the United Nations
Broadcast Date: January 24, 1979
Speaker(s): Muhammed Ali, others
Length: 32:53
Four Foreign Correspondents Recall Their Best Stories
Broadcast Date: January 26, 1956
Four of the Canadian Broadcasting Commissions's most experienced foreign correspondents tell the best stories they have covered.
Length: 13:16
Program Producer: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Commission)
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: January 26, 1951
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
The cost of a pound of steak, and other stories.
Length: 59:15
Program Producer: CBS
Will President Roosevelt Run for a 3rd Term?
Broadcast Date: January 26, 1943
Series: H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 11:57
The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937
Broadcast Date: January 27, 1937
In January 1937, one of the largest floods in American history inundated the Ohio River Valley. Many cities and towns on the Ohio and its tributaries were affected. Louisville and Southern Indiana were among those most devastated. Torrential rain, together with some sleet and freezing rain, fell from January 9 to January 23, raising the Ohio River to its highest recorded level. On January 23 the river at Louisville crested at 51.1 feet, and eventually reached 57.15 feet above flood stage on the upper gauge.Here, on January 27, Nashville radio station WSM carried live flood information, and Baltimore radio station WFBR aired the news from WSM.
Length: 15:19
Program Producer: WSM / WFBR
Apollo 1 Fire on Launchpad Kills 3 Astronauts
Broadcast Date: January 27, 1967
The Apollo program changed forever on Jan. 27, 1967, when a flash fire swept through the Apollo 1 command module during a launch rehearsal test. Here, radio station WCCO in Minneapolis gets word of the tragedy. The recording is of several newscasts as they learn of the death of all three astronauts: Roger Chaffee, Ed White, and Gus Grissom. They soon switch to the CBS radio network newscasts. The three men inside perished despite the best efforts of the ground crew. It would take more than 18 months, and extensive redesigns, before NASA sent more men into space.
Length: 23:33
Program Producer: WCCO. Minneapolis
The Fight to Protect the Money We Save
Broadcast Date: January 27, 1946
Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)
NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II.
Length: 29:08
Program Producer: NBC
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: January 27, 1938
Length: 28:56
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Revolution for the Hell of It
Broadcast Date: January 31, 1969
Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): Abbie Hoffman, Del Shields (host)
Abbie Hoffman (Abbot H. Hoffman) (1936-1989) co-founded the Youth International Party, known as the "Yippies." Del Shields asked him if that party was "for real." He seems to indicate it was a lighthearted and useful way to move into dealing with some very serious issues. In the 1960s, he became an activist supporting Civil Rights and opposing the Vietnam War. This program is an edition of "Night Call", a coast-to-coast call-in show in the late 1960's.
Length: 59:03
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
40 broadcasts
New Year's War News
Broadcast Date: January 1, 1941 Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden
Arden looks back at the year 1940. He analyzes the war between England and Germany as an ideological battle.
Length: 15:13
Program Producer: KFWB
The Story of the Armed Forces Radio Service
Broadcast Date: January 1, 1953 Speaker(s): Jack Benny and Others
Length: 30:01
Program Producer: AFRS
The Year 1939 in Review
Broadcast Date: January 1, 1940 The voices and events of 1939 from WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Length: 58:28
Program Producer: WOR / Mutual Broadcasting System
A Review of the Year 1941
Broadcast Date: January 1, 1942 Series: The March of Time
A review of the events of the past year, told with the program's usual rhetoric, i.e.: "Every continent on earth lay on the scales of destiny!" The voice impersonations of Roosevelt and Churchill are very well-done! The program features a dramatized portrayal of the recent events at Pearl Harbor, leading up to the Japanese attack. The system cue has been deleted. Sponsored by Time Magazine. The quality of this edition of The March of Time is not as good as most, but this is an important program in the series.
Length: 29:15
Program Producer: ABC Blue Network
The Atlantic Migration
Broadcast Date: January 2, 1946 Series: The Human Adventure
Speaker(s): MBS-1.jpg
The story of a mass movement of peoples, unparalleled in human history; the first great phase of the Atlantic migration. The program is produced in collaboration with The University Of Chicago.
Length: 28:55
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
The Year 1937 in Review
Broadcast Date: January 2, 1938 The voices and events of 1937 from WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Length: 30:19
Program Producer: WOR / Mutual Broadcasting System
CBS Looks Back at the News of 1955
Broadcast Date: January 2, 1956 Series: Years of Crisis
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow, many CBS Correspondents
This is a CBS News annual year-end review of International events and developments. Edward R. Murrow is the host. He is joined by many CBS Radio correspondents around the world.
Length: 53:21
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
New Year's Special
Broadcast Date: January 3, 1942 Series: The March of Time
Length: 27:24
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
The First Days of 1943
Broadcast Date: January 3, 1943 Series: World News Today
Recorded on WBBM, Chicago
Length: 24:09
Program Producer: CBS
The Fall of Seoul, Korea
Broadcast Date: January 5, 1951 Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Morrow and many others
The major stories of this week included the end of the 81st Congress and the fall of the city of Seoul, Korea.
Length: 59:54
Program Producer: CBS
20th-Century Nomads
Broadcast Date: January 5, 1960 Series: The Hidden Revolution
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow, host
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the CBS Public Affairs Department explored important social trends in US culture, like the increase in leisure time, the constant threat of nuclear war, and the American propensity for "moving on".
Length: 29:15
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
The Future of Aviation in Peace Time
Broadcast Date: January 6, 1946 Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)
NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II.
Length: 29:32
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
FDR's Four Freedoms Speech
Broadcast Date: January 6, 1941 Speaker(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941, in an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address). He proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Roosevelt delivered this speech 11 months before the surprise Japanese attack on U.S. forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that caused the United States to declare war on Japan,
Length: 37:48
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: January 6, 1938 Length: 29:37
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Manhunt in Manhattan
Broadcast Date: January 7, 1948 Series: The Big Story
Speaker(s): Bob Sloane (host)
The Big Story is the dramatized account of how a newspaper reporter solved a crime, exposed a corrupt political administration, smashed a racket, or performed some other notable public service. Today's story is from reporter Ted Prager.
Length: 29:36
Program Producer: NBC
Truman Press Conference
Broadcast Date: January 10, 1952 Length: 19:21
World News Roundup
Broadcast Date: January 10, 1978 Speaker(s): Dallas Townsend, Newscaster
Length: 11:30
Program Producer: CBS News
The Top News Stories of 1935
Broadcast Date: January 10, 1936 Series: Sunoco News
Speaker(s): Lowell Thomas, introduced by Basil (last name unknown)
News from the Sun Oil Company asks Lowell Thomas to pick the top news stories of 1935.Among his picks: the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, dust storms in the American Midwest, the development of a 200" telescope, the aviation deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, Captain Albert Stevens and Captain Orville Anderson riding 14 miles into the atmosphere on a balloon, and the development of painless dentistry.
Length: 5:57
Retreat in Korea
Broadcast Date: January 12, 1951 Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow and Voices in the News
Length: 59:29
Program Producer: CBS
The Struggle for Individual Betterment Through World Brotherhood (The United Nations)
Broadcast Date: January 13, 1946 Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)
NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II.
Length: 29:39
Program Producer: NBC
The Evolution of the Black Movement
Broadcast Date: January 14, 1969 Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): James Forman, Del Shields (host)
James Forman (1928-2005) was a prominent African-American leader in the civil rights movement. He was active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Black Panther Party, and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. As the executive secretary of SNCC from 1961 to 1966, Forman played a significant role in the freedom rides, the Albany movement, the Birmingham campaign, and the Selma to Montgomery marches.In 1968, Forman had just published the book, "Sammy Younge, Jr.". Younge was a civil rights and voting rights activist who was murdered in 1966 for trying to desegregate a "whites only" restroom. In this program the discussion focuses on the various Black movements and which may make progress in civil rights.
Length: 57:40
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
Radio in the American Sector, Berlin
Broadcast Date: January 15, 1953 Series: Operation Information
West Berlin was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. There was no specific date on which the sectors of Berlin occupied by the Western Allies became "West Berlin", but 1949 is widely accepted as the year in which the name was adopted.
Length: 29:49
Program Producer: Air Force Network
World News Tonight
Broadcast Date: January 16, 1975 Speaker(s): Douglas Edwards (anchor)
Length: 10:48
Program Producer: CBS
President Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Broadcast Date: January 17, 1961 Speaker(s): Dwight D. Eisenhower
This speech may be best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military-industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining. The speech also expressed concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending, the prospect of the domination of science through Federal funding and, conversely, the domination of science-based public policy by what he called a "scientific-technological elite".
Length: 16:05
Heavy Allied Air Activity
Broadcast Date: January 17, 1943 Series: CBS World News Today
Speaker(s): John Daly (anchor) and reporters around the world by shortwave
Length: 23:42
Program Producer: CBS
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: January 18, 1937 The March of Time is information and dramatized stories from the editors of Life Magazine and Time Magazine.
Length: 30:04
Program Producer: Time Magazine / CBS
Edward R. Murrow with the news
Broadcast Date: January 18, 1957 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
World News
Length: 14:26
Program Producer: CBS
U. S. Navy Ships Are Recommissioned
Broadcast Date: January 19, 1951 Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
For an unknown reason, this hour-long program cuts off about half-way through.
Length: 30:08
Program Producer: CBS
The Peace-Time Problems of Surplus War Property
Broadcast Date: January 20, 1946 Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)
NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II.
Length: 29:03
Program Producer: NBC
George VIII Abdicates the Throne
Broadcast Date: January 20, 1936 Speaker(s): King George VIII
After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson.
Length: 6:40
Program Producer: BBC
The Champion of the Living Law
Broadcast Date: January 23, 1946 Series: The Human Adventure
A drama / documentary about Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes from WGN, Chicago. The series is produced in collaboration with The University Of Chicago.
Length: 29:14
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
Muhammed Ali News Conference at the United Nations
Broadcast Date: January 24, 1979 Speaker(s): Muhammed Ali, others
Length: 32:53
Four Foreign Correspondents Recall Their Best Stories
Broadcast Date: January 26, 1956 Four of the Canadian Broadcasting Commissions's most experienced foreign correspondents tell the best stories they have covered.
Length: 13:16
Program Producer: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Commission)
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: January 26, 1951 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
The cost of a pound of steak, and other stories.
Length: 59:15
Program Producer: CBS
Will President Roosevelt Run for a 3rd Term?
Broadcast Date: January 26, 1943 Series: H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 11:57
The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937
Broadcast Date: January 27, 1937 In January 1937, one of the largest floods in American history inundated the Ohio River Valley. Many cities and towns on the Ohio and its tributaries were affected. Louisville and Southern Indiana were among those most devastated. Torrential rain, together with some sleet and freezing rain, fell from January 9 to January 23, raising the Ohio River to its highest recorded level. On January 23 the river at Louisville crested at 51.1 feet, and eventually reached 57.15 feet above flood stage on the upper gauge.Here, on January 27, Nashville radio station WSM carried live flood information, and Baltimore radio station WFBR aired the news from WSM.
Length: 15:19
Program Producer: WSM / WFBR
Apollo 1 Fire on Launchpad Kills 3 Astronauts
Broadcast Date: January 27, 1967 The Apollo program changed forever on Jan. 27, 1967, when a flash fire swept through the Apollo 1 command module during a launch rehearsal test. Here, radio station WCCO in Minneapolis gets word of the tragedy. The recording is of several newscasts as they learn of the death of all three astronauts: Roger Chaffee, Ed White, and Gus Grissom. They soon switch to the CBS radio network newscasts. The three men inside perished despite the best efforts of the ground crew. It would take more than 18 months, and extensive redesigns, before NASA sent more men into space.
Length: 23:33
Program Producer: WCCO. Minneapolis
The Fight to Protect the Money We Save
Broadcast Date: January 27, 1946 Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)
NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II.
Length: 29:08
Program Producer: NBC
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: January 27, 1938 Length: 28:56
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Revolution for the Hell of It
Broadcast Date: January 31, 1969 Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): Abbie Hoffman, Del Shields (host)
Abbie Hoffman (Abbot H. Hoffman) (1936-1989) co-founded the Youth International Party, known as the "Yippies." Del Shields asked him if that party was "for real." He seems to indicate it was a lighthearted and useful way to move into dealing with some very serious issues. In the 1960s, he became an activist supporting Civil Rights and opposing the Vietnam War. This program is an edition of "Night Call", a coast-to-coast call-in show in the late 1960's.
Length: 59:03
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church